Spoon-bait.



No. 134,703. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

J. R. HARLOW.

SPOON BAIT.

'APPLIUATIOK FILED NOV. 10, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented July 28, 1903.

JOHN R. HARLOW, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

SPOON-BAIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 734,703, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed November 10, 1902. Serial No. 130,714. (No modelil Toall whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN R. HARLOW, of Auburn, in the county ofCayuga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Spoon-Bait, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.g

This invention relates to improvements in spoon-baits, and refers moreparticularly to the means for attaching the hook to the spoon.

The objects of these improvements are, first, to reduce the cost ofassembling and finishing the parts, and, second, to afford a morepermanent and reliable connection between the hook and spoon;

In the manufacture of spoon-baits of the class described the usualpractice is to solder the shank of the hook to the spoon, and ittherefore becomes necessary to heat the metal to such a degree as tomaterially weaken it at its junction with the hook, where the strain isusually the greatest. Furthermore, this method of soldering theparts-necessitates the careful working of the solderin' the jointandthen blending or smoothing the solder with the contiguous surfaces ofthe spoon preparatory to plating and burnishing, and it is evident thatwhen the hook is thus secured to the spoon before finalfinishing orburnishing this final operation becomes difficult and requires carefulmanipulation to prevent the point of the hook from being caught in thebuffer-wheel or fingers of the operator.

taken respectively on lines 2 2 and 3 3, Fig. 1, Fig. 3 being enlarged.Fig, i is a face view of the detached spoon.

My invention is designed to obviate the use 2, and a swivel-head 3. Thespoon 1 may be of any desired form or size, being usually formed of thinsheet metal of concave-convex lengthwise and transverse section, and

'is provided with opposite end and intermediate apertures 4, 5, and 6,the endhaving the aperture 4: being regarded as the head of the spoonand receives'the swivel 3, which is linked in the aperture 4, while theopposite end, having the aperture 5, may be designated as the trailingor hook end of the spoon to receive the shank of the hook. Theintermediate aperture 6 preferably extends through the central body ofthe spoon and preferably in direct line between apertures 4 and 5, whichline forms practically the lengthwise axis or line of draft of the spoonand hook. The aperture 5 is formed in the upturned trailing end of thespoon and is therefore substantially parallel and coincident with thelength wise axis and receives the shank of the hook and holds the samefrom lateral displacement. The hook 2 may also be of any desired sizeproportionate to the size of the spoon and is inserted through theaperture 5, with the hook projecting beyond the trailing end of thespoon and its shank extending inwardly along and upon the inner orconcave face of said spoon and provided with an aperture or eye 7,registered with the intermediate aperture 6. The means for securing theinner end of the hook in position preferably consists of a hollow stud8, which is passed through the aperture 6 and eye 7 and expanded orriveted at its opposite ends to lock the parts firmly together. It issometimes desirable to remove the hook from the spoon and substituteanother of different size or form or to substitute a new hook for onethat has become bent or broken, and I therefore have shown the inner endof the stud 8 as screw-threaded to receive a threaded head or nut 9, theopposite end of said stud being expanded or upset to form a head 10,engaged with the convex face of-the spoon, while the walls of the eye 7'are impinged between the head or nut 9 and adjacent face of the spoon.After the nut is I properly adjusted the inner end of the stud isslightly expanded to firmly hold the parts in operative position withoutliability of becoming displaced while in use.

In the manufacture of my improved spoonbait the spoon is first pressedor stamped to the desired form, the apertures 4, 5, and 6 being formedby the same or by one or more subsequent operations, and the whole spoonis then plated, burnished, and finally finished before the hook isattached thereto. After this operation the hook is passed through theaperture 5, as shown in the drawings, and the eye 7 is registered withthe aperture 6, whereupon the hollow stud 8 is inserted in position andsecured in the manner described, and after attaching the swivel-head 3the device is ready for use.

It is evident from the foregoing description that the main features ofthis invention con-, sist in inserting the shank of the hook'through anaperture in one end of the spoon and in spoon and hook together.

2. In a spoon-bait, a spoon having an aperture, a hook seated on thespoon, and a stud passed through the aperture and engaged with the hookto lock the parts together.

3. In a spoon-bait, a spoon, a hook seated on the spoon and providedwith an eye, and

a stud passed through the eye and engaged with the spoon to lock theparts together.

4. A spoon-bait comprising a spoon and hook each having an aperture, anda threaded stud passed through the apertures and provided with a nut forlocking the parts together.

5. In combination with a spoon having an opening in one end, a hookhaving its shank inserted in the aperture, and a threaded stud and nutsecuring the inner end of the shank to the spoon.

6. A spoon-bait comprising a spoon having end and intermediateapertures, a hook inserted in the end aperture and provided with an eyeregistered with the intermediate aperture, and means passed through theintermediate aperture and eye to lock the parts together.

7. A spoon-bait comprisingaspoon having an aperture, a hook having itsshank seated in the aperture and provided with an eye, and means passedthrough the aperture and secured to the spoon to hold the spoon and hookin fixed relation to each other.

8. A spoon-bait comprisinga spoon having a central aperture, a hookhaving an eye at one end of its shank, and a tubular stud passed throughthe aperture and eye and expanded to hold the parts in fixed relation toeach other.

9. In a spoon-bait, the combination of a spoon having a pair ofapertures one in ad- I.

Vance of the other, a hook: having its shank inserted in one of theapertures and provided with an eye alined with the other aperture,

and means passed through the eye and aper ture alined therewith forsecuring the spoon and hook together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of August,1902.

JOHN R. HARLOW.

Witnesses:

ADELBERT M. GILLETTE, E. H. WELLNER.

